Shutdown Poses Awkward Question of 'Essential' Employees

9/30/2013 4:49PM

With the clock ticking and no budget deal in sight, federal agencies prepared to send at least 825,000 workers home without pay, and large swaths of the government were set to temporarily close. (Photo: AP)

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